Brita Sigourney “It feels so great to win today. I went way past my expectations. The new one-stop format adds a lot more pressure but it is really fun. Maddie Bowman Rounding off the top three from semis was Maddie Bowman qualifying second and Roz Groenewoud qualifying third.
Activities at RED that day will include ski and snowboard demos as well as breast cancer screening information booths. Top skiers and snowboarders including Megan Pischke, Kendra Starr and Kasha Rigby will be in attendance. The day will end with an apres ski party at Rafters bar with a national recording artist performing. RED plans to make Shred the Love an annual event. Stay tuned for more details as they become available....
One of POWs main programs is having professional athletes speak to high school students about climate change. Thats terrifying to anyone who loves to ski. But we can help slow it if we act now. Its a list of seven things that anyone can do to make a difference. Steinkamp asserts that the #1 way to help stop climate change is to Get Political. Having lobbied Congress twice already, Steinkamp said that it was eye opening to see what drives political agendas....
That pretty much exemplified Saturday at Killington Resort in Vermont during the eighth annual Rails 2 Riches contest. View of the foggy course from inside the athlete lounge in the K1 Lodge. The coveted R2R Jerseys. Keiran McVeigh signing in. Skier Charlie Dayton after registration. The Judges: Ian Compton, Matt Benedetto, and Andy Parry. The athletes hiking the course. LJ Strenio and his rental boots. Luckily for the riders the snow was nice and soft....
A total of 16 men advanced to Sunday’s final round. He then executed a clean right-side 900 tail grab moving into a left-side 900 opposite Japan grab. An alley-oop flat spin 360 bow-and-arrow-grab led to his final trick, a switch left-side 900 mute grab. In addition, athletes at Copper were able to earn both FIS and AFP points." http://www.newschoolers.com/watch/590063.0/The-North-Face-Park-and-Pipe-Open-Highlights The North Face Park and Pipe Open Highlights
Interview by Dylan Anderson Explain the origin of Hood Crew. Then came a younger, hungry crew out of Portland ‘n Hood River. Hood Crew has always been about bringing fresh style and personality into freeskiing. Gotta keep the sport fun and lively. Skiing is a party! Photo by Adam Uyemura Who you jammin’ to nowadays? & Rakim, EPMD, Slick Rick, some Killa Cam and everything Hip-Hop. Shout out to Daylight Donuts in Breck....
The closeout claimed quite a few individuals. Be sure to stay tuned to Newschoolers for a full recap and loads of photo from today!
The setup And they’re off! John Kutcher on the DFD. Colin Delaney LJ getting inverted off of the closeout. Judges Andy Parry, Matt Benedetto and Ian Compton make their decision.
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) announced a postponement today of its scheduled Dec. 21-22 Sprint U.S. Grand Prix in Park City. The event includes International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cups for both halfpipe skiing and snowboarding events featuring top Olympic contenders. FIS and USSA have postponed the competitions to Feb. 1-2 to ensure the highest quality halfpipe for skiing and snowboarding athletes. “As a FIS World Cup, the Sprint U....
Elias Ambuhl loves to ski and was one of the first new generation European freeskiers to push the level on the international freeski scene. Photo by Pascal Landert The wunderkind from Switzerland has had fantastic competition results all around the globe, pushing the level at every event he attends while always smiling and having a good time. Photo by David Malacrida We sat down with him in Zurich before freestyle.ch to find out more about his life as a professional freeskier, his opinion on the Olympics and what his plans are for the future....
About a month ago, our friends at Teva asked us to produce a two-part video series on the life of a lifty in conjunction with the launch of their kick ass new boot, the Chair 5, which is right up a lifty’s alley. As opposed to just paying two big named producers to make the videos for us, we wanted to make this about the community, and to involve you in every step of the process....
The first major storm hit in late October and brought the most snow North of Salt Lake City. We hit Powder Mountain and then Snowbasin. On the third day, after 42" of snow the skies cleared and we got total bluebird. Even with all that snow only the top 700' of the resort actually skied well. Weston Deutschlander on Day 3 at Snowbasin. We attended an athlete party at the infamous Alta who was celebrating their 75th anniversary....
If you go to BC, you will not be the only one with a sled. Christian Sirianni, coming out of retirement for a sled ski rendezvous. AOB framing up Chris Benchetler 180 degrees into a spin drop. My favorite Nimbus jump. Our house Duff No prisoners. Mahre putting a left foot drive on frame. Al Bohrland OB, not a mechanic. Alex OB and Isabella Argentina P. http://www.newschoolers.com/watch/587937.0/En-Route-Sled-BC Nimbus Independent presents, En Route BC
